winter

History Channel Story of the Holidays

A history of Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa complete with a 2001 calendar marking the specific days of celebration.

http://www.historychannel.com/cgibin/frameit.cgi?p=http%3A//www.historychannel.com/exhibits/holidays/main.html

Christmas Activities

These sites have many ideas for primary and intermediate grades:

http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/xmas/

Christmas around the world

http://members.fortunecity.com/vlbrennan/

Crafts

Pattern for a Peace Dove

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/newyear/dove/

Winter, Christmas, and Hanukkah Crafts for Kids

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/christmas/

Gingerbread House (picture, directions, recipes and patterns)

http://dinnercoop.cs.cmu.edu/dinnercoop/Recipes/karen/GingerbreadHouse.html

Kids Domain Winter Fun

A great site for winter activities and information. Includes clip art, printable activities, on-line games, a winter book list and a wealth of links to other winter sites. Be sure to follow the links and check out: Snowtastic Snow, Snow Activities from the Teel Family and The National Snow and Ice Data Center.

http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/winter/
Wilson A. Bentley, the Snowflake Man

This is a brief biography about Wilson Bentley (Snowflake Bentley) from Jericho, Vermont. He was the first person to photograph snowflakes. The site also includes links that incorporate his works.

Here is a neat site that has some gorgeous snowflake patterns for kids to try. They can print out the pattern, fold and cut. The link to the other more complicated patterns is great, too.

http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/dstredulinsky/kids_patterns.html

Snow Thematic Unit - another well done multi-leveled thematic unit on snow

http://midgefrazel.net/snow.html
Questions and Answers about Snow:

http://nsidc.org/NSIDC/EDUCATION/SNOW/snow_FAQ.html
Snowflakes

Explore the science of snow and ice in this interesting webpage from the Owashtanong Islands Audubon Society in Michigan. There's a great glossary and many facts of interest in this easy to read site.

http://www.macatawa.org/~oias/snowflak.htm

Global New Year!

http://www.sunshine.co.nz/nz/31/global.html
Learning Network - Martin Luther King, Jr.

Printables, literature, language arts and social studies links, references, and a quiz.

http://www.teachervision.com/lesson-plans/lesson-6643.html?hgs120101

Martin Luther King Day on the Net

A Celebration of the man and the holiday with age appropriate reading levels. Includes a brief biography of Martin Luther King, the Story of Rosa Parks, how MLK Day became an American holiday, and the text to the "I Have a Dream ..." speech. It does have some annoying advertising banners on the top of the site.

Encyclopedia Britannica Guide to Black History

http://blackhistory.eb.com/index2.html
Black History Treasure Hunt and Quiz

http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/bh_hunt_quiz.html
Chinese New Year - Year of the Rooster 2005 - Begins February 9th.

http://www.new-year.co.uk/chinese/index1.htm

http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/chineseny.html

The Official Site of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club

http://www.groundhog.org/
Groundhog Day History from Stormfax®

This page has great information about the background of Groundhog Day. It has an especially interesting almanac starting in 1887 of the Groundhog's prognostications and their resulting accuracy.

http://www.stormfax.com/ghogday.htm
Groundhog Day at Kid's Domain

Lots of links, activities and information on Groundhog Day, suitable for the elementary grades.

http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/groundhog.html

100th Day of School Activities:

Find a wealth of activities and ideas here for celebrating your 100th day of school!

http://www.globalclassroom.org/100days.html
100th Day of School - These two sites have many links, book suggestions and teaching activities and ideas to celebrate the 100th day of school.

http://users.aol.com/a100thday/index.html

http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/proj/100th/

50 Quick & Fun Activities to Celebrate the 100th Day

http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/lessonplans/instructor/100dayschool.htm

Valentines Day:

Interesting group of activities tied to Reading, Math, Science, Language Arts and Fine Arts.

http://www.teachervision.com/lesson-plans/lesson-6673.html?wtlAC=gs010201,emai

Kids Domain Valentines

Stories, games and puzzles, activities, e-cards and clip art appropriate for kids.

http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/val/index.html

Valentine's Day Games And Party Ideas For Kids, Family & Classroom

Nice collection - free to use for educators.

http://hometown.aol.com/SantiKlaus/KidsPartiesValentines/HolidayFunPg12Valentines.html

Presidents' Day:

This is part of the "America's Story from America's Library" site - Library of Congress. This month it features Presidential trivia, a scavanger hunt, and a Dynamite Presidents game. It also has great biographical information on many Americans in history.

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa

National Portrait Gallery Hall of Presidents

From the Smithsonian, this is an amazing selection of presidential portraits. The variety of media from traditional oil paintings to bronzes really capture the individuality of the men who held the highest office in the land.

http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/hall2/index.htm

Presidents of the United States - databases of information on every American president presented in an easy to read and navigate format. Good bio starters.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/index.html

President's Day Lesson Plans and Activities

http://www.education-world.com/a_special/presidents_day.shtml

The Teacher's Corner - President's Day Lesson Plans

http://www.theteacherscorner.net/seasonal/president/

Blackwell's Best - President's Day links - great Washington and Lincoln links

http://exit3.i-55.com/~vickib/pres.html

President's Day Lesson plans and activities (including a mock trial for Lincoln's assassination)

http://members.aol.com/mrdonnlessons/USHolidays.html#PRES

Portraits Of The Presidents

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/odmdhtml/preshome.html

The American Presidency

http://gi.grolier.com/presidents/

The Artful Presidency - nicely done collection of art work concerning the presidents
from Washington to Carter.

http://www.archivesofamericanart.si.edu/exhibits/presidents/presidents.htm

Presidential Trivia - Quia! offers this trivia game in which students match presidents to
noteworthy facts - a new game every time

http://www.quia.com/mc/156.html

Women's History Month:

The National Women's Hall of Fame - In 1969, a group of women and men of Seneca Falls, New York created the National Women's Hall of Fame. This is a searchable web site containing pictures and biographical sketches of the women who have been inducted into the Hall of Fame. It also has a section of the history of the struggle for women's rights.

http://www.greatwomen.org/grtwmn.htm
Celebrating Women's History Month

This web site was developed by Gale Research and offers a large library of comprehensive biographies, a timeline of Women in history, and activities and links to other Women's history sites.

http://www.gale.com/free_resources/whm/index.htm

Notable Women Ancestors - Interesting web page designed with the intent of honoring all of our notable women ancestors, and offering a large volume of historical and genealogical info. The Data Base of Female Ancestors can be searched alphabetically or by categories like "Adventurers", "Royalty", "Feisty Women", etc. The really unique aspect of this site is that you can submit your own "ancestress" as part of our documented heritage.